Nokia Lumia 620 Review

The Lumia 620 could easily be regarded as one of the cutest smartphones on the shelf. It’s small, colourful, lightweight and looks a little bit like a little toy. It’s got a lot going for it, including a very reasonable price, Rs 11,599. But considering Android also has this price bracket cornered with some pretty impressive, high-spec'd devices, the questions is, will the 620 stand a chance? Read on to find out.

Box contains Following Accessories

 

• Nokia AC-50 MicroUSB Charger, 
• Nokia Battery BL-4J 1300 mAh, 
• Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-190CD, 
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-108

Screensize and Camera

The Nokia Lumia 620 sports a 3.8-inch ClearBack LCD with a resolution of 480x800 pixels, and pixel density of 246ppi.

Display features: Brightness control, Orientation sensor, Nokia Glance screen, Color boosting, Polarization filter, Sunlight readability enhancements, Easy to clean, Lumia Color profile, RGB Stripe

Display colors: TrueColor (24-bit/16M) 

Aspect ratio: 15:9 

Pixel density: 245 ppi

Display technology: ClearBlack, IPS LCD 

Display height: 83 mm

Display width: 50 mm

Touch screen technology: Super sensitive touch 

Sensors: Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Magnetometer

The Lumia 620 sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. 

The Windows Phone 8 camera app allows you to tinker with various settings including selecting scenes, camera effects, ISO, white balance, contrast, saturation, flash and sharpness, among others. Windows Phone 8 brings camera lens apps that extend the functionality of the camera. 

Battery and Windows 8

Packing in a 1300 mAh battery, the Lumia 620 almost completed a full loop in our tech2 Loop Test (2 hours talk time, 2 hours video, 2 hours audio, 1 hour audio streaming, 1 hour video streaming) totalling up for 7 hours and about 45 minutes of rigorous use. That's quite impressive considering the price and battery capacity. 

Processor and Storage

The Lumia 620 is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 512MB RAM and Adreno 305 Graphics chip. There is 8GB of internal storage, which is expandable by another 64GB via a microSD card. Windows Phone 8 is not a power hungry OS and the hardware has been optimised for good performance.

Connectivity and Additional Features

Nokia has included most connectivity options we’d expect from any standard mobile handset these days, minus a couple of features. The Lumia 620 comes with 3G capabilities, Wi-Fi (dual band), EDGE and GPS with GLONASS for Nokia Drive, Maps and apps like Nokia City Lens, all of which work very well. NFC, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and, of course, USB 2.0 for PC interfacing and charging are also provided for. What the handset lacks is Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA or a physical port for AV out (MHL) and Wireless charging. With regard to DLNA specifically, Nokia is working on an app called Play To that will support wireless streaming via WLAN. As of now, the app is still in beta testing and will not ship with the device out of the box. 

The WP8 UI with its Live Tiles and social network integrated phone book worked seamlessly and was as smooth as they come. Traversing through the various features and settings of the OS was a fluid enough task. 

Summary of Features

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Micro-SIM
	Announced	2012, December
	Status	Available. Released 2013, January

BODY	Dimensions	115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm, 76 cc (4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in)
	Weight	127 g (4.48 oz)

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches (~246 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
		- ClearBlack display

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- Dolby headphone sound enhancement

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB
	Internal	8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Class B
	EDGE	Class B
	Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
	Bluetooth	v3.0, A2DP, EDR/ v4.0, LE after WP8 Black update
	NFC	Yes
	USB	microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	720p@30fps, check quality
	Secondary	VGA

FEATURES	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradeable to WP8 Black
	Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
	CPU	Dual-core 1 GHz Krait
	GPU	Adreno 305
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	No
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	Java	No
	Colors	Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black
		- SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - 7GB free SkyDrive storage - Document viewer - Video/photo editor - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery (BL-4J)
	Stand-by	Up to 330 h
	Talk time	Up to 14 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 9 h 50 min (3G)
	Music play	Up to 61 h

MISC

SAR EU

0.84 W/kg (head)

TESTS	Display	Contrast ratio: 1068:1 (nominal) / 2.142:1 (sunlight)
	Loudspeaker	Voice 71dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 78dB
	Audio quality	Noise -79.8dB / Crosstalk -75.8dB
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Battery life	36h